Walter B. Shelley papers
Scope and Contents
This collection of 54 letters, 1951-1954, to Walter B. Shelley
from dermatologists around the world, contains biographical
information which was used in Shelley's Classics in clinical
dermatology (1953). Most of the correspondents convey photographs
and information on their own life, career, and work or that
of relatives.
Correspondents are: Stuart D. Allen, Paul Blum, Aldo Castellani,
Helen O. Curth, Niels Danbolt, Oskar Gans, Henri Gougerot, Sir
Archibald Gray, Sven Hellerstrom, Erich Hoffmann, C. Guy Lane,
J. E. R. McDonagh, John P. O'Brien, G. A. Grant Peterkin, Hermann
Pinkus, R. V. Rajam, GustavjRiehl, Walther H. P. Schonfeld,
Francis Eugene Senear, John H. Stokes, Alfred Stuhmer, Marion
B. Sulzberger, Richard Lightburn Sutton, Richard Lightburn Sutton,
Jr., Albert Touraine, Barney Usher, Jaoa Paulo Vieira, F. Parkes
Weber, Max Winkler, and S. J. Zakon. The collection also includes
biographical information on Caesar Boeck, Rudolf Habermann,
Felix Pinkus, and Julius Otto Ludwig Moeller.
Dates
- Creation: 1951 - 1954
Creator
- Shelley, Walter B. (Walter Brown) (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Walter Brown Shelley, dermatologist, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota,
on 6 February 1917. He married physician E. Dorlinda Shelley
in 1980; they have three children.
Shelley received his B.S., 1940, Ph.D., 1941, and M.S. and M.D.,
1943, from the University of Minnesota. After an internship
at Henry Ford Hospital, he came to Philadelphia and became an
instructor in dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania
in 1946. From 1950 to 1980, he was a member of the Department
of Dermatology and Syphilology at the University of Pennsylvania,
rising from Assistant Professor to full Professor. From 1965
to 1980, he was chairman of the department.
From 1980 to 1983, Shelley was Professor of Dermatology at the
Peoria School of Medicine in Illinois. In 1983, he became Professor
of Dermatology at the Medical College of Ohio.
Shelley was also a consultant in dermatology to Philadelphia General
Hospital, 1960-1965, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
1965-1980.
He is a member of many dermatological organizations, including
the American Dermatological Association and the American Academy
of Dermatology; Shelley was also a president of both organizations.
He was elected to fellowship in the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia in 1954.
Full Extent
54 items
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The collection was donated to the Historical Collections of the
Library of the College of Physicians by Walter B. Shelley on
18 December 1961. Originally, the collection contained six
photographs which were removed; their present location is unknown.
The letters were catalogued in the Autograph Collection.
The letters were removed from the Autograph Collection and processed
and recatalogued in 1990.
- Title
- Walter B. Shelley papers
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
